Trinidad Macaroni Pie

A cheesy and flavor filled baked pasta dish. The Caribbean version of mac and cheese

Growing up there are a few dishes that you expect to eat on a Sunday in Trinidad. Macaroni pie is one of them. It is the yummiest, cheesiest pie that you would ever taste. It is the mature version of mac and cheese.

What I loved about this pie was the cheese.

In Trinidad we always use “Trini cheese” or what is called vegetarian cheese. The creamiest, cheesiest cheese. I love it so much that I usually make my best friend send me a few frozen blocks whenever I have someone coming up. I freeze and use block by block..

Once macaroni pie is being made, someone needs to grab the grater and start the shredding. I would usually volunteer because who is going to pass up the opportunity to grab a little end of this fresh cheese and eat away.

This recipe is a two part process. Well, three if you count the boiling of the pasta. But it’s pretty easily a mix and bake process.

Make a mix of the “wet” ingredients.

Mix it with your “dry” ingredient. You would realize I did not use macaroni itself. Though it was the type of pasta popularly used, ziti (or any othe type of pasta infact) can replace macaroni.

Bake it to a cheesy, pie goodness.

There is hardly any leftovers with macaroni pie. It can be eaten alone or with stewed chicken and calallo and some fried plantains,

Take a try at this alternative for your mac and cheese and let me know how it goes.

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